32 Points Manning, LLC was built to address the inequities in the recruiting market. Maritime companies had few reputable choices for finding crew with few choices and rising costs. Sacrifice was nothing new to the worker as they are gone from home through holidays, births, and deaths so that the rest of the family might thrive. But, they were consistently exploited. The biggest exploiters of all were recruiters.

 

Recruiting companies made unreal money by charging mariners fees, or getting kickbacks, They used unclear contract language, published false job information,withheld information about situations they were put into until the only choice besides low pay was no pay. Staffing companies shaved mariner pay. Not everyone was loyal to the Jones Act.

 

I designed a business around the mariner and skilled tradesman in the yard, and the companies we all wanted to succeed. I knew we could earn trust and build on the principles of empathy, expertise, and honesty. I firmly believe that there is enough money on most contracts as long as greed is subdued.  We provide a future for our staff. So they can learn to do the same for all the people in our database as well as our clients.  Many laughed at the new business model, suggesting it would never work. That was almost nine years ago, and the future looks incredibly bright.